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Hi, you closed this. So if I'm not mistaking, then this one should be deleted too by now. - DePiep ( talk) 14:49, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Can you review Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_August_22#Category:Claudius, it seems a poor close. Regards, SunCreator ( talk) 15:48, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Here - I assume it was slip! Could you clarify what you meant? Thanks. Grandiose ( me, talk, contribs) 20:04, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
I know the previous discussion closed recently but I feel there needed to be more consensus. Please see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_September_1#Dover, Kent (again). Simply south.... .. eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 18:45, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
You did not need to histmerge the Vietnam articles. It had just been done so it could simply be reverted. Histmerge is arguably wrong because now the history of the former redirects is merged with the artticle. That the redirect from DRV was created in 2002 doesn't need to be in the NV history, for instance. Gimmetoo ( talk) 13:01, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I am raising this here, though I realize it will probably be necessary to take it to DRV, or remove all or nearly articles from the current category. The plain fact is that few if any of the caves in the category contain pictograms at all. We have a perfectly adequate article explaining what a pictogram is - essentially another word for "icon" in the modern sense - and it does not mean "a large picture of an animal created by a Stone Age artist who didn't go to art school". The European paintings at least (the bulk of the category) are in fact famous for their naturalistic detail, and though others may not have this they are still not pictograms, as two images of the same animal will be different. I pointed this out in the discussion but the point was completely ignored. It is especially unfortunate because WP are currently engaged in a project with the British Museum to improve coverage of Ice Age art and this just makes us look like idiots. Johnbod ( talk) 01:16, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for being on top of things and reverting the IP's removal of the CfD template so quickly (twice)! Ladyof Shalott 00:05, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the prompt userfication of User:TonyTheTiger/Levi Horn. It looks like it is heading towards a reverse. Please restore history.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 22:08, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Before you actually delete the category, please give me a bit of time to edit the associated pages per the discussion. Thanks. -- Tryptofish ( talk) 22:54, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
I am not trying to make problems but does Category:Indraprastha College for Women alumni seem ambiguous? Woukd it not be clearer to have alumni at the front as it was? Cjc13 ( talk) 20:33, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
As per your revert, could you point to the specific point where the new term was agreed upon? Some have pointed to archive 18, but I am not seeing a consensus from that. - Jack Sebastian ( talk) 20:38, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Forgive my ignorance of Wikipedia procedures but why did the renames to which I objected go through? I thought if there was an objection it was meant to go cfd for there to be a rename. Cjc13 ( talk) 11:50, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
I understand your point in relation to the Ross Hussey article that "one does't "attempt to campaign", one campaigns or one does not", but I don't think it is accurate to say that he did campaign using it (he may have done, but I have not evidence of that). All we know is that he asked whether he could campaign using it. Do you have any ideas for a more accurate wording? Warofdreams talk 15:03, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Tim, in relation to Category:Article Feedback Pilot, why not close it on the talk page, and then let the bot do the removal of the categories. It seems like a lot of wasted time/work on your part to be doing it manually, even with AWB. Save yourself the monotony and let the bot do the work for you ;) Russavia Let's dialogue 20:54, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Where am I supposed to discuss this matter then? EStudent 82 ( talk) 09:36, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I think the decision of this CFD should have been Rename and leave redirects, as requested by the nominator, instead it was simply Rename. This has left certain linked categories as redlinks and broken or split some of the aircraft category structures. For example, see Category:German_aircraft_1920–1929 and Category:German_aircraft_1920-1929 and Category:United States military trainer aircraft 1920-1929. What is the best way of fixing this? Move the straggler articles to the new categories and then create redirects? I'll copy this note to the nominator's talk page. - 84user ( talk) 08:30, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tim. I'm just letting you know that I have submitted List of Old Malvernians for peer review as a first step to possible Featured List. Regards, -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 04:26, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Ilford is in Greater London which isn't London. It is in Essex. I live in Ilford. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.108.88.251 ( talk) 17:25, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
You made an edit to Philip Perceval on 10th. One of the changes you made was to the text passed in as a parameter to {{ source-attribution}}. FYI {{ source-attribution}} only takes one unnamed parameter (it is a simple wrapper). To do what you wanted to do, pass in {{ cite book}} (or whatever) filled in as normal, as shown in the documentation for the template {{ source-attribution}}. -- PBS ( talk) 08:50, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Feel like closing either of the open discussions on this CfD page?-- Mike Selinker ( talk) 21:41, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi! As someone who's edited The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom) page, I thought you might be interested - if you haven't seen it already - in a recently started GLAM project to encourage cooperation between The National Archives and Wikipedia. Ideas & participation welcome! Dsp13 ( talk) 20:15, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello, using AWB for inconsequential edits like this, this, this, etc. is not appropriate. Continuing to simply remove whitespace from a page without making more substantial changes may result in the removal of your access to AWB (cf. WP:AWB#Rules of use). Thanks. -- Closedmouth ( talk) 11:55, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, not sure why you decided to delete this? I found it useful as I was trying to clarify and sort the whole area. I've not got very far yet but the category was a useful way of bundling all the templates together... I may have missed some policy point somewhere? Thoughts appreciated, thanks PatHadley ( talk) 23:08, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) ( talk) 21:42, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Template:Lords of Appeal in Ordinary has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gabbe ( talk) 21:59, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
I have updated North Milton Keynes. Is that what you meant? -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 16:32, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
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I feel like an idiot. I tried to move Jack McConnell, Baron McConnell to Jack McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, but I left out the space between "McConnell" and "of" because the former is inaccurate. I tried to fix it on my own, and even tried to move it to Jack McConnell, but I couldn't. Would you please clean up my mess? - Rrius ( talk) 03:37, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Timrollpickering, I am a Wikipedian and researcher from Carnegie Mellon University, working with Professors Robert E. Kraut and Aniket Kittur. We’ve published many scholarly papers on Wikipedia and are partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation on several new projects.
I have been analyzing collaboration in Wikipedia, especially Collaborations of the Week/Month. My analysis of seven years of archival Wikipedia data shows that Collaborations of the Week/Month substantially increase the amount and nature of project members’ contributions, with long lasting effects. We would like to talk to Wikipedians to better understand the processes that that produce this behavior change.
We’ve identified you as a particularly good candidate to speak with because of your involvement with the WikiProject Universities' Collaborations, which is one of those we’ve been investigating. It would really help us if you would be willing to have a short talk with us, less than 30 minutes of your time. We can talk via skype or instant messenger or other means if you’d prefer. Do you have time at any point during this week to chat? If so, please send an email to haiyiz@cs.cmu.edu or drop a line on my talk page.
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( This my personal website) Haiyizhu ( talk) 22:49, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tim, as an editor with a great deal of experience editing UK university articles, including UCL, I would be greatful for your views on the deletion of a long-standing gallery and list of notable buildings from the UCL article ( [2]). My immediate reaction was to revert the deletion - since the gallery and information on buildings is in my view useful, and so far as I am aware buildings do not need to have their own WP articles to be mentioned - which was immediately re-reverted. I have found the editor in question very difficult in the past and wish to avoid a drama. However I am aware that my views on the editor may cloud my judgement and would appreciate your view on the specific issue of the gallery and list of buildings. Thanks in advance. Rangoon11 ( talk) 16:38, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for closing the CFR request. [3] Regarding your closing remarks, should the consequential requests with Category:Education in Taiwan, Category:Military academies of Taiwan, Category:Alumni by university or college in Taiwan and Category:Faculty by university in Taiwan be submitted to CFD or NC-TW? 61.18.170.230 ( talk) 17:46, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
FYI, there is a consequential request
here at CFD as a result to the previous move request on ROC universities. Regards.
116.48.183.128 (
talk)
15:44, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Should the deleted categories be undeleted and protected as categoryredirect?
119.237.201.33 (
talk)
12:29, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
[4] It is normally considered couteous to notify the creator of a page or category when it's to be nominated for deletion, that appears not to have happened. Had you done so, it woul dhave saved an enormous amount of trouble. Secondly, Britain's lost houses is the accepted name for a group of country houses demolished during the 20th century. I shall be recreating the category. Giacomo Returned 13:19, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
I just wondered whether the dumbing down of alumni/ae articles is really necessary? Changing alumni/ae to the verbose "people educated at" is not only an inelegant use of English but is also inconsistent with the way schools describe their former members in the UK, where the simple terms 'alumni' and 'alumnae' are in widespread use. In any case, changing 'alumnae' to 'people' misleads the reader into assuming the inclusion of males. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.186.187 ( talk) 00:10, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
I noticed you put up the ruling on the discussion. Just two things
Just letting you know. Cheers!- William 16:36, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 10 | ← | Archive 12 | Archive 13 | Archive 14 | Archive 15 | Archive 16 | → | Archive 20 |
Hi, you closed this. So if I'm not mistaking, then this one should be deleted too by now. - DePiep ( talk) 14:49, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Can you review Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_August_22#Category:Claudius, it seems a poor close. Regards, SunCreator ( talk) 15:48, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Here - I assume it was slip! Could you clarify what you meant? Thanks. Grandiose ( me, talk, contribs) 20:04, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
I know the previous discussion closed recently but I feel there needed to be more consensus. Please see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_September_1#Dover, Kent (again). Simply south.... .. eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 18:45, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
You did not need to histmerge the Vietnam articles. It had just been done so it could simply be reverted. Histmerge is arguably wrong because now the history of the former redirects is merged with the artticle. That the redirect from DRV was created in 2002 doesn't need to be in the NV history, for instance. Gimmetoo ( talk) 13:01, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I am raising this here, though I realize it will probably be necessary to take it to DRV, or remove all or nearly articles from the current category. The plain fact is that few if any of the caves in the category contain pictograms at all. We have a perfectly adequate article explaining what a pictogram is - essentially another word for "icon" in the modern sense - and it does not mean "a large picture of an animal created by a Stone Age artist who didn't go to art school". The European paintings at least (the bulk of the category) are in fact famous for their naturalistic detail, and though others may not have this they are still not pictograms, as two images of the same animal will be different. I pointed this out in the discussion but the point was completely ignored. It is especially unfortunate because WP are currently engaged in a project with the British Museum to improve coverage of Ice Age art and this just makes us look like idiots. Johnbod ( talk) 01:16, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for being on top of things and reverting the IP's removal of the CfD template so quickly (twice)! Ladyof Shalott 00:05, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the prompt userfication of User:TonyTheTiger/Levi Horn. It looks like it is heading towards a reverse. Please restore history.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 22:08, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Before you actually delete the category, please give me a bit of time to edit the associated pages per the discussion. Thanks. -- Tryptofish ( talk) 22:54, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
I am not trying to make problems but does Category:Indraprastha College for Women alumni seem ambiguous? Woukd it not be clearer to have alumni at the front as it was? Cjc13 ( talk) 20:33, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
As per your revert, could you point to the specific point where the new term was agreed upon? Some have pointed to archive 18, but I am not seeing a consensus from that. - Jack Sebastian ( talk) 20:38, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Forgive my ignorance of Wikipedia procedures but why did the renames to which I objected go through? I thought if there was an objection it was meant to go cfd for there to be a rename. Cjc13 ( talk) 11:50, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
I understand your point in relation to the Ross Hussey article that "one does't "attempt to campaign", one campaigns or one does not", but I don't think it is accurate to say that he did campaign using it (he may have done, but I have not evidence of that). All we know is that he asked whether he could campaign using it. Do you have any ideas for a more accurate wording? Warofdreams talk 15:03, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Tim, in relation to Category:Article Feedback Pilot, why not close it on the talk page, and then let the bot do the removal of the categories. It seems like a lot of wasted time/work on your part to be doing it manually, even with AWB. Save yourself the monotony and let the bot do the work for you ;) Russavia Let's dialogue 20:54, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Where am I supposed to discuss this matter then? EStudent 82 ( talk) 09:36, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I think the decision of this CFD should have been Rename and leave redirects, as requested by the nominator, instead it was simply Rename. This has left certain linked categories as redlinks and broken or split some of the aircraft category structures. For example, see Category:German_aircraft_1920–1929 and Category:German_aircraft_1920-1929 and Category:United States military trainer aircraft 1920-1929. What is the best way of fixing this? Move the straggler articles to the new categories and then create redirects? I'll copy this note to the nominator's talk page. - 84user ( talk) 08:30, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tim. I'm just letting you know that I have submitted List of Old Malvernians for peer review as a first step to possible Featured List. Regards, -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 04:26, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Ilford is in Greater London which isn't London. It is in Essex. I live in Ilford. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.108.88.251 ( talk) 17:25, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
You made an edit to Philip Perceval on 10th. One of the changes you made was to the text passed in as a parameter to {{ source-attribution}}. FYI {{ source-attribution}} only takes one unnamed parameter (it is a simple wrapper). To do what you wanted to do, pass in {{ cite book}} (or whatever) filled in as normal, as shown in the documentation for the template {{ source-attribution}}. -- PBS ( talk) 08:50, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Feel like closing either of the open discussions on this CfD page?-- Mike Selinker ( talk) 21:41, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi! As someone who's edited The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom) page, I thought you might be interested - if you haven't seen it already - in a recently started GLAM project to encourage cooperation between The National Archives and Wikipedia. Ideas & participation welcome! Dsp13 ( talk) 20:15, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello, using AWB for inconsequential edits like this, this, this, etc. is not appropriate. Continuing to simply remove whitespace from a page without making more substantial changes may result in the removal of your access to AWB (cf. WP:AWB#Rules of use). Thanks. -- Closedmouth ( talk) 11:55, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, not sure why you decided to delete this? I found it useful as I was trying to clarify and sort the whole area. I've not got very far yet but the category was a useful way of bundling all the templates together... I may have missed some policy point somewhere? Thoughts appreciated, thanks PatHadley ( talk) 23:08, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) ( talk) 21:42, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Template:Lords of Appeal in Ordinary has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gabbe ( talk) 21:59, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
I have updated North Milton Keynes. Is that what you meant? -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 16:32, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
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I feel like an idiot. I tried to move Jack McConnell, Baron McConnell to Jack McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, but I left out the space between "McConnell" and "of" because the former is inaccurate. I tried to fix it on my own, and even tried to move it to Jack McConnell, but I couldn't. Would you please clean up my mess? - Rrius ( talk) 03:37, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Timrollpickering, I am a Wikipedian and researcher from Carnegie Mellon University, working with Professors Robert E. Kraut and Aniket Kittur. We’ve published many scholarly papers on Wikipedia and are partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation on several new projects.
I have been analyzing collaboration in Wikipedia, especially Collaborations of the Week/Month. My analysis of seven years of archival Wikipedia data shows that Collaborations of the Week/Month substantially increase the amount and nature of project members’ contributions, with long lasting effects. We would like to talk to Wikipedians to better understand the processes that that produce this behavior change.
We’ve identified you as a particularly good candidate to speak with because of your involvement with the WikiProject Universities' Collaborations, which is one of those we’ve been investigating. It would really help us if you would be willing to have a short talk with us, less than 30 minutes of your time. We can talk via skype or instant messenger or other means if you’d prefer. Do you have time at any point during this week to chat? If so, please send an email to haiyiz@cs.cmu.edu or drop a line on my talk page.
Thanks!
( This my personal website) Haiyizhu ( talk) 22:49, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tim, as an editor with a great deal of experience editing UK university articles, including UCL, I would be greatful for your views on the deletion of a long-standing gallery and list of notable buildings from the UCL article ( [2]). My immediate reaction was to revert the deletion - since the gallery and information on buildings is in my view useful, and so far as I am aware buildings do not need to have their own WP articles to be mentioned - which was immediately re-reverted. I have found the editor in question very difficult in the past and wish to avoid a drama. However I am aware that my views on the editor may cloud my judgement and would appreciate your view on the specific issue of the gallery and list of buildings. Thanks in advance. Rangoon11 ( talk) 16:38, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
MarnetteD |
Talk is wishing you
Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's
Solstice or
Xmas,
Eid,
Diwali,
Hogmanay,
Hanukkah,
Lenaia,
Festivus or even the
Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!
Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{ subst: User:WereSpielChequers/Dec11}} to your friends' talk pages.
Many thanks for all your work here at WikiP and I hope that you have a superb 2012. Thanks also for your post at the Dr Who in Canada and the US talk page a couple weeks ago. No episode 6 eh - that must have been a crummy viewing experience. It was nice to have the additional info about Lubinsky. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 01:29, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for closing the CFR request. [3] Regarding your closing remarks, should the consequential requests with Category:Education in Taiwan, Category:Military academies of Taiwan, Category:Alumni by university or college in Taiwan and Category:Faculty by university in Taiwan be submitted to CFD or NC-TW? 61.18.170.230 ( talk) 17:46, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
FYI, there is a consequential request
here at CFD as a result to the previous move request on ROC universities. Regards.
116.48.183.128 (
talk)
15:44, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Should the deleted categories be undeleted and protected as categoryredirect?
119.237.201.33 (
talk)
12:29, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
[4] It is normally considered couteous to notify the creator of a page or category when it's to be nominated for deletion, that appears not to have happened. Had you done so, it woul dhave saved an enormous amount of trouble. Secondly, Britain's lost houses is the accepted name for a group of country houses demolished during the 20th century. I shall be recreating the category. Giacomo Returned 13:19, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
I just wondered whether the dumbing down of alumni/ae articles is really necessary? Changing alumni/ae to the verbose "people educated at" is not only an inelegant use of English but is also inconsistent with the way schools describe their former members in the UK, where the simple terms 'alumni' and 'alumnae' are in widespread use. In any case, changing 'alumnae' to 'people' misleads the reader into assuming the inclusion of males. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.186.187 ( talk) 00:10, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
I noticed you put up the ruling on the discussion. Just two things
Just letting you know. Cheers!- William 16:36, 2 January 2012 (UTC)